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 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 144. 1867. 421 For building and operating two dredges and snag-boats, to be used on Dredges and the Liississippi river between Fort Snelling and Rock Island rapids, g2g35E;:,;;,;!; ninety-six thousand dollars. dw-; For building and operating one dredge or snag-boat on the Wisconsin the Wisconsin river, forty thousand dollars. ¤‘i'°¤`· For improving harbor of Pentwater, Lake Michigan, flfty-five thousand Harbor of dollars. P°¤*“’“*°' i For improving harbor of Pere Marquette, Lake Michigan, fifty thou- Pere Marsaud dollars. *l°°“°· To improve the navigation of the Willamette river, Oregon, below the Willamette city of Portland, thirty thousand dollars. ri'"- For removing snags and boulders jhrougliout the Minnesota river, Snags, &c. in thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. W? Mi¤”°*°*”· For improvement of Providence river, Rhode Island, off Pawtuxet bar, mp°;Q,vidGw, and at the Crook, twenty-five thousand dollars. river. For improvement of the Pawtucket river, Rhode Island, seventeen pwmcket thousand dollars. river. Sec. 2. And be it jiertkcr enacted, That the appropriation of seventy- pom,,,, app,,,, five thousand dollars for constructing works, and improving the entrance priatiou for barinto the harbor of Michigan City, Indiana, made in and by the act ap- g‘Ql`y"L2!‘f°;‘*{;“ proved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, shall be ex- expended, pended for the purposes aforesaid, upon the terms, and in the manner lg°6·°h·7l38· hereinafter provided for other appropriations under this act: Provided, D;i:{,£`u?é That it shall be first shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary ofVVar amount must that the sum of one hundred thousand dollars has been expended by the h;‘:§el:,°‘{)“ TES Michigan City Harbor Company in the construction of a safe and cou- Rlichiggnycity veuient harbor at that place: And provided, That the passage of vessels Harbor Comto and from said harbor shall be free, and not subject to toll or charge, palzgsels ,,0, ,0 and the money appropriated by this act shall be so applied as to complete be subject to or make the nearest approximation to completing the work for which mg- _ _, F each specific appropriation is made; and it shall be lllé duty of thG SW- to bgplgglpgiigds retury of War to apply the sums herein appropriated for other purposes as to complete than for examinations and surveys by contract: Provided, however, That. u1__ when, from the nature of the work to be done, the same cannot, in the poses than {llijudgmeut of the Secretary, be made the subject of contract, the necessary °***m*¤****°¤*· _ expenditure may be otherwise ordered: Provided, That no contract shall &%£y§,°'Q;r°;§°;‘ be made except after public advertisement for proposals, in such form penued when the and manner as to secure general notice thereof, and the same shall only :;';**ju‘{)'1;’";"é,P° be made with the lowest responsible bidder therefor, upon security deemed c0,,{,.,u;l_c sufficient in the judgment of the Secretary. And it shall be the duty of Contracts not the said Secretary, at the earliest practicable time, to report to Congress §$° made “"°'1’ the result of any survey or resurvey, with the plan adopted and the items Secretary or 0f expenditure under said plan; and he shall make report of all action W***k*° *;1P°*`” taken under the provisions of this act, and he shall accompany said report $,`;,`;€,°f;0;°;s, with a statement of the amount and date of all former appropriations for with plans, dm. well work, and a full estimate for its entire and permanent completion, W§f£°“ t° “°“’ with the amount that can be protitably expended in the next fiscal year;’ and he shall also state in what collection district each work is located, and at or near what port of entry, lighthouse, or port, what amount of revenue was collected at the nearest port of entry for the last fiscal year, and, as far as practicable, what amount of commerce and navigation would be benefited by the completion of each particular work: Provided, That he to hecontinued Shall continue to make such a report the first Monday of December, an- mlm ;'°'§S ”° ¤¤9.lly, until the works herein provided for shall be completed. comp em ° Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Secretary of Separate pro- Waf Shall invite proposals for any works, or for any material or labor {Eg; 3E_Q;;;` {OF any works, there shall be separate proposals and separate contracts work and each for Bach work., and also for each class of material or labor for each work, ¤l¤SS of W¢>¥‘k¤» and he shall report to Congress, on the first Monday of Dc0f2mb9i' next, &°`